Our numbers are dwindling. Our words are confused. Some of them have been twisted by the enemyuntil they can no longer be recognized.

Now what is wrong, or false, in what we have said?Just some parts, or everything?On whom can we still rely? Are we survivors, cast away by the current? Will we be left behind,no longer understanding anyone and being understood by no one?Must we rely on luck?

Yeah, after four years of being a non-disruptive poster on the forum, never considered a troublemaker, even someone who was liked well enough to be elected Atlasian President, Napoleon should be allowed to stay.

For American standards, nah. It's just that there are only two mainstream republicans (you and Spade) so it doesn't take much to be ranked last.

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Our numbers are dwindling. Our words are confused. Some of them have been twisted by the enemyuntil they can no longer be recognized.

Now what is wrong, or false, in what we have said?Just some parts, or everything?On whom can we still rely? Are we survivors, cast away by the current? Will we be left behind,no longer understanding anyone and being understood by no one?Must we rely on luck?

There is no such thing as politically "right". There is only "left", "wrong", or "both". And the first is seldomly achieved by me and exceedingly rarely by anybody else.

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If I'm shown as having been active here recently it's either because I've been using the gallery, because I've been using the search engine looking up something from way back, or because I've been reading the most excellent UK by-elections thread again.

it is intentionally loaded in one direction. nearly all neoliberal-era right-wing ideology is banal and uniformly uninteresting, reducible down to at most three or four simple points.

Really? What are those "three or four simple points?"

privatize profit, socialize costs. concentrate power as far as possible from the political sphere; ie, undermine democracy.

often tinged with an essentially contradictory moralism.

respect the sovereignty of no states or peoples, other than the US. open the entire globe for the exploitation of its labor and natural resources for purposes of private profit.

'neoconservatives' typically come with a heavy dose of the moralism and are more willing to achieve the bottom point through the use of naked military force, rather than through more indirect means (CIA, economic pressures, etc.)

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I wanna contribute to the chaosI don't wanna watch and then complain,'cause I am through finding blamethat is the decision that I have made

Yeah, after four years of being a non-disruptive poster on the forum, never considered a troublemaker, even someone who was liked well enough to be elected Atlasian President, Napoleon should be allowed to stay.

Yeah, after four years of being a non-disruptive poster on the forum, never considered a troublemaker, even someone who was liked well enough to be elected Atlasian President, Napoleon should be allowed to stay.

it is intentionally loaded in one direction. nearly all neoliberal-era right-wing ideology is banal and uniformly uninteresting, reducible down to at most three or four simple points.

Really? What are those "three or four simple points?"

1. Taxes are too high on the rich job creators.2. Taxes are too low on the poor lazy.3. Capital should be free to do as it wishes, but not labor.4. Corporations are people.

I'd puit it that way :1 If we don't let inequalities prosper to the highest possible degree, we will disincentivize talent and encourage mediocrity2 Taxes are EVIL : cut them as much as you can3 The Welfare State is a way to subsidize laziness : nothing should be for free4 Regulations are what prevent the market from working efficiently : abolish them and everything will be awesome

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Our numbers are dwindling. Our words are confused. Some of them have been twisted by the enemyuntil they can no longer be recognized.

Now what is wrong, or false, in what we have said?Just some parts, or everything?On whom can we still rely? Are we survivors, cast away by the current? Will we be left behind,no longer understanding anyone and being understood by no one?Must we rely on luck?